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Technology has made an enormous impact on healthcare information systems. Equipment such as cellular telephones, the internet, video cameras, computers, CT scanners, x-rays, robotic instruments and other forms of technology have impacted the health care system in ways that could not be imagined just 20 years ago. Technology such Skype and other video conferencing systems allow doctors to not only to talk with their patients, but to have interactive visual communication. There are now applications and avatars that allow patients to check their height and weight, blood sugar, and other illnesses within seconds and have real results that could only be determined by trained medical professionals. The advancements in technology and information allow the patient to be more educated regarding their symptoms and allow their doctors to have more flexibility and options to help them improve their health. The technology advancements also present more challenges regarding security of data, education, misinformation, and access to information. As technology advances, health administrators will have on-going legal concerns and patient issues to address. One particular area of technology that is the key to health care’s development is health care information system (HCIS). Electronic Medical Records provided the health care facilities with the ability to store large number of patient information in one place while maintaining them in perfect order and with very simple accessibility. This might not seem like a big deal to those who do not have the understanding of the ways things were not so long ago. Only when compared with the previous practices of record keeping, one can realize the revolutionary changes that EMR brought to the field. Success of EMR is reflected in timely reporting of data, reduction of duplicate tests, reduction of medical errors, and overall improvement of care and cost management. Conversion to an electronic medical record keeping does not only offer the...